Metohija

"You don't want a delimitation with Albanians? No problem, tell people to get ready to defend Vranje (a town in the southern part of central Serbia) in 40 years's time. Don't you think that our people are leaving even today? In the address that I will make, I will present all the data," Vucic said on Friday.

In response to Atif Arifi's statement that Kosovo will "never, at any price, give anyone a meter of its territory" - Djuric said that the Pristina official "cannot bargain with something that does not belong to him - and not one square meter of Kosovo and Metohija belongs to him."

Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said this for Tanjug on Wednesday, adding:

"But they should not count on it, because it will not happen."

Djuric in this way responded when asked how he sees Hashim Thaci's statement ahead of the continuation of the dialogue on Sunday, that "the border issue" will also be on the agenda.

According to the Serbian government, Dacic and Gajdos "assessed that bilateral relations of the two countries are traditionally good and friendly."

The officials "expressed mutual satisfaction with the intense and continuous political dialogue at all levels, and expressed interest in further deepening all aspects of bilateral, especially military cooperation."

What matters instead is "the content of the proposal," the Serbian president said on Sunday, after reports emerged about the possibility of organizing a "Rambouillet 2" - the name being a reference to the Rambouillet, France conference that preceded NATO's bombing of Serbia in 1999.

Drecun, who chairs the Serbian Assembly's Committee on Kosovo and Metohija, also said that Haradinaj talking about reconciliation is "cynical" - and that the Kosovo prime minister facing a trial for his crimes would represent the greatest contribution to reconciliation.

The Holy Bishops' Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church urged the Belgrade authorities on Friday to ensure Kosovo remains part of Serbia and to refuse to agree any territorial exchange.

Serbia's latest National Security Strategy lists separatism, extremism, recognition of Kosovo's independence and attempts to revise Bosnia's 1995 Dayton Agreement as some of the main security threats to the country.

Reacting to EU's stance on the formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo - after an EU spokesperson told Tanjug on Tuesday that this would be done "in accordance with Kosovo laws and objections of the Kosovo Constitutional Court - the president said, "let them show us where this is written."

Vucic also said he was "surprised by this statement."

Vucic added that citizens should not expect too much, "because it is simply unrealistic to expect us to command great powers."